Re: Files from gnulib

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
> Cc: Bastien ROUCARIES <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  
> address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:02:47 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> From: Bastien ROUCARIES <address@hidden>
> >> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:37:08 +0100
> >>
> >> (if and only if doslfn is buggy, and it does not seems according to
> >> a quick search).
> >
> > Your search was too quick.
> 
> Considering your wish to continue supporting emacs on DOS,
> I would have thought you would jump at a possible solution like this.

The solution would need to be rock solid, for me to jump at it.  DJGPP
is very stable on plain DOS, and its users expect stability.

>     http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/what_lfn.htm.en
> 
> Please give it an honest try before dismissing it.

It obviously has problems with protected-mode programs and
environments, and with DOS extenders.  DJGPP programs switch the
machine to 32-bit protected mode, so any programs that have
difficulties with that environment are not promising.  And the fact
that DJGPP is not mentioned as a solution for DOS programs that
support LFN does not help to remove the cloud.